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General Stock Discussion / True and false RF?
« on: January 06, 2011, 17:10 »
I recently have opened an acount in Photoshelter; until now I have only worked with microstock agencies, and studying how to use PS, I have founded some information that makes me doubt respect some things I used to have clear in my mind. I hope I could expose them orderly, and you could help me:
1- I know the difference between RF and RM licenses, and we ethically should not sell the same images as RF very cheap and as RM many many times more expensive. And I also think this way.
2- PS have three kind of licenses: Personal use (PU from now), RF and RM. PU is, of course, only for personal and never for commercial use. RM, as we know, determines the different uses and has different prices depending on them. RF is royalty free at all, licensee could do practically anything he/she wants with the file.
3- My conclusion is that in microstock RF is not a true but a false RF, and corresponds with PU in PS, because in micro lincensees can't commerce with the image unleast they purchase an Extended License, so in the beginning the sale is only for personal use (and the extended one is more expensive).
4- If I'm right until now, I'm ethically allowed to sell an image in microstock as RF for a few bucks (for me a few cents) and the same file in PS as RF for $100, for example (and as PU for the same price as in micro).
Am I right? Am I confused?
1- I know the difference between RF and RM licenses, and we ethically should not sell the same images as RF very cheap and as RM many many times more expensive. And I also think this way.
2- PS have three kind of licenses: Personal use (PU from now), RF and RM. PU is, of course, only for personal and never for commercial use. RM, as we know, determines the different uses and has different prices depending on them. RF is royalty free at all, licensee could do practically anything he/she wants with the file.
3- My conclusion is that in microstock RF is not a true but a false RF, and corresponds with PU in PS, because in micro lincensees can't commerce with the image unleast they purchase an Extended License, so in the beginning the sale is only for personal use (and the extended one is more expensive).
4- If I'm right until now, I'm ethically allowed to sell an image in microstock as RF for a few bucks (for me a few cents) and the same file in PS as RF for $100, for example (and as PU for the same price as in micro).
Am I right? Am I confused?